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Serbia: Caught Between the East and the West

Jan 9, 2008 | 16:27 GMT

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Summary

Ahead of the decisive Serbian Presidential elections on Jan. 20, rumors out of Serbia suggest that nationalist Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and pro-Western President Boris Tadic have made a crucial deal that will determine the fate of their parliamentary coalition. The deal makes political sense in the short term — it will keep the ultra-nationalist Radicals out of power — but in the long run, the alliance between Kostunica and Tadic is unsustainable.

Ahead of the decisive Serbian Presidential elections on Jan. 20, rumors out of Serbia suggest that Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and President Boris Tadic have made a crucial deal that will determine the fate of their parliamentary coalition....

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